nose wheel investigation
Failure of nose landing gear axle, on departure from London Stansted, 15 September 2017.
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Nose wheel investigation
Or, to be precise, a "no wheel" investigation. :O
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That wheelie good picture shows the strength of the NLG, seriously impressive and reassuring.
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No(se) Wheel
Many years ago, taxying out at AMS, the aircraft ahead of us (73-200 IIRC) lost a nosewheel turning on to line up for immediate T/O. I called the tower and eventually (after what seemed a very long time) the aircraft came to a stop.
Some months later I received a parcel from the airline concerned, containing a letter of thanks and a DIY model kit of the aircraft. One of my boys built the model and – guess what – the nose wheel fell off! Prober |
Originally Posted by PAXboy
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That wheelie good picture shows the strength of the NLG, seriously impressive and reassuring.
That's equivalent to your watch's sweep second hand rotating at about a quarter its normal rate. |
Prober - it was obviously meant to happen. When I worked abroad a Comet, operated by a Middle Eastern airline, dropped a wheel as it taxied out, I told the crew and they eventually stopped. Later I heard that a passenger had informed a stewardess and had been told : "It's OK , sir, it's meant to happen"!
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Marshaller did a good job of centering that single wheel on the line. ;)
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I've noticed more nosewheel tyre changes on the 738 since our company went for single-engine taxi out. Saves 10kg of fuel, costs a fortune in rubber. Anyone know what a tyre costs on a 737?
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A week or so back, I was heading out to Gatwick to get some photos and I checked Planefinder to confirm flights were landing from the West and "watched" a Virgin A330 approaching and then aborting the landing when almost down. The aircraft spent some time in the WILLO hold and, after a detour over Kent, eventually landed. It transpired it was experiencing problems with nose wheel steering (the runway was closed for an hour after landing). I was wondering how did they know there was a problem with the steering prior to landing? Does the pilot give the steering a bit of a wiggle once the gear has been extended?
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The steering system automatically does a short "wiggle" after extension to check all is OK.
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Originally Posted by Tom Cundall
(Post 10248848)
I've noticed more nosewheel tyre changes on the 738 since our company went for single-engine taxi out. Saves 10kg of fuel, costs a fortune in rubber. Anyone know what a tyre costs on a 737?
Not only rubber but the nose wheel and surrounding structure must take a hammering. Bend metal often enough and long enough, it will crack and break. What about the increased risk of FOD due to the higher power needed for taxi on the live engine? |
Can I assume that 737s single engine taxi on the No 2 engine? If so, the force from that engine would push the left noeswheel against the base of its axle, which is apparently what caused the “abusive grinding” (great phrase!) of the axle and which led to its eventual failure. That wheelie good picture shows the strength of the NLG, seriously impressive and reassuring |
Originally Posted by Tom Cundall
(Post 10248848)
I've noticed more nosewheel tyre changes on the 738 since our company went for single-engine taxi out. Saves 10kg of fuel, costs a fortune in rubber. Anyone know what a tyre costs on a 737?
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Originally Posted by Uplinker
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Can I assume that 737s single engine taxi on the No 2 engine? If so, the force from that engine would push the left noeswheel against the base of its axle, which is apparently what caused the “abusive grinding” (great phrase!) of the axle and which led to its eventual failure.
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
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"Abusive grinding" is a reference to a process that occurred during manufacture.
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Marshaller did a good job of centering that single wheel on the line. |
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